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Gross Anatomy

Date: 1902
Description: Medical students dissect a cadaver at the Chicago College of Physicians and Surgeons, University of Illinois. Surnames on the students' aprons include: Cor...
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Anatomy Lab

Date: 1900
Description: Cadavers are laid out on gurneys in a sky-lit anatomy lab at Rush Medical College.
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Shops at Indian Industrial School

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Description: Exterior view of the shops at the Indian Industrial School. Groups of young men are posed in front of the building.
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Sloyd Room At Indian Industrial School

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Description: Students working in a sloyd room at the Indian Industrial School. A sloyd is a type of wood-carving knife.
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Printing Office At Indian Industrial School

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Description: Students working in a printing office at the Indian Industrial School.
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Tailor Shop At Indian Industrial School

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Description: Students working in a tailor shop at the Indian Industrial School. A man gets fitted in the background.
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Harness Shop at Indian Industrial School

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Description: Students working in a harness shop at the Indian Industrial School.
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Tin Shop at the Indian Industrial School

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Description: Students working in a tin shop at the Indian Industrial School.
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Indian Carpenter Shop

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Description: A carpenter shop at the Chemawa Indian Training School in Salem, Oregon.
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Women's Marching Band

Date: 1878
Description: Elevated view of the women's marching band from John Wanamaker Commercial Institute performing, with children walking beside them and standing on the side ...
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Hampton Institute

Date: 1872
Description: Female students garden next to the Home Economics Practice House. The house has clapboard siding on its two stories and there is a porch on the front and b...
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Putnam Catholic Academy

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Description: View across desks with typewriters in a classroom. A windowed partition separates it from a classroom with desks facing a blackboard on the other side.
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Westminster College

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Description: Two female students stand with a male teacher during a Practical Journalism Training class in the newspaper shop at Westminster College. The students and t...
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Bliss Electrical School

Date: 1950
Description: Students stand at work stations in the machine shop at Bliss Electrical School. They men all appear to be wiring something on a mount.
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YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association)

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Description: Students sitting and standing at workstations set at long tables during a cooking class at the Young Women's Christian Association. A teacher's desk in the...
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Autopsy Cadaver and Students

Date: 1900
Description: View of an autopsy cadaver around which eight male students are gathered. The photographer was from Black River Falls, probably Charles Van Schaick. This i...
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Cygnet Films

Date: 10 1968
Description: Bill Duren (in the background), owner of Cygnet Films, talks with a production assistant during shooting for a training film. Cygnet Films, which was based...
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Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys, in Waukesha, Wisconsin. The Wisconsin State Seal is on the left. On the right is the name of the sc...
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Milwaukee School of Trades

Date: 1906
Description: An exterior view of the Milwaukee School of Trades.
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Carpentry and Wood Working Shop

Date: 1910
Description: Students at work in the carpentry and woodworking shop at the Milwaukee School of Trades.

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